The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1887-09-24
MARRYING FOR MONEY.
Some Common. Sense Views On AN Nv.
Inlers.tiur Subis,t.

Some Common.Sense Views On AN Ever
Interesting subject.
For lovers. who love because they
love. this paper is not written. They
are what they are. They do not reason
and can not beAeasoncd with Their
passion is a blind force which attracts
them together as Saturn'S moons are
attracted 10 Saturn-by an occult and
invisible compulsion which can neither
bc seen. nor felt, nor tasted. nor de-
scribed. They are theme for poets
and drcamers. alsl not for common.
sensible, workaday people like the
writer and reader Have done with
them.
But there are people who get married
as they join the church, OF choose a
vocation. or enter upon hazardous
undertaking. They look around them
and examine into ,hc condition of holy
wedlock as il is among their acQuaint-
anccs. friends and kinsfolk Having
"cut their eve teeth" they brush the
bloom from the check of the peach be-
fore they eat IL, because they know the
bloom is bitter For good people of
this strain n profitable word may be
said about marrying for money.
have often thought that the circum-
stances under which man OF woman
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Any man the weight oi whose intel
hgenc", or capacity "f one sort or
another, would br balance Tor the
weight OF dollars brought him by his
wiic'
Throwing ont of consideration the
physical conditions which are ncccs-
sary under all circumstances ot the
married slate, II money he an Induce
ment the man who marries Tor money
should be able to bring some sct-oh to
make the match an even one u is the
more necessary Tor the reason that tho
man Is tho proposing party. That
married woman would he an angel IN
deed who having put her iat purse into
the land of a poor husband, would not
unnn somo nf tho optprvcnt oprngionz az
married life taunt him with "thc odd
shilling"
On The contrary. tho rich husband
wbo martios n wifo 81 slender fortuna
+. biso,n chooser. However much hr
NAV rpc bi. bargain ne con NOT re-.
proach his helpmate for sclfimposcd
conditions Having made his bed hc
must lie iou. II his wifo bc accom-
plishod or bonutiful she may fairly
claim that the lowry she brings her
husband Ia something better than gold
can buy.
Marrying for money in some eases IL
oltogether advisable. if the opportunity
offer. II il not a merely sorlid view Of
the married relation 10 take care at tho
ontstar, Of assured bread and butter.
There NAV. indeed. bo some doubt Of
the prouriety Of bringing n brood of
children into the world for the world
to care for The philosophy Of Tcnny-
son's Yorkshire farmer i'm bis adyire to
nj, son Sammy.
po.nt thou marry for mummy,
But goa whe'r mummy Is
IL full OF the wisdom oi TINS world we
advise as many oi the IoInmy' ana
Susans AS possible not 70 marry 10,
money, but !" 90 "heIe money y anu
take The chanc''' u money can p@
man. or q tolcrable girl. or a bcaming
and buxom widow. and the cncum-
braucrs bc not greater than tho induce.
ments. marriageablc bodic. should not
let an opportunity that offers slip from